Espanyol 1–2 Real Madrid
- Calatrava 30'
- Bellingham 9'
- Espí 90'
22 August 2026
The match in data
Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2–1 on 22 August 2026, on matchday 2 of the 2026-27 La Liga.
Player of the match: Ibrahima Konaté (Real Madrid), rated 65, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 4 aerials won. Konaté produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Espanyol, the highest-rated player was Vanja Drkusic, with 54.
Ibrahima Konaté
Real Madrid · 90'
Produced 1.33× and cost 0.46× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.5×
- 4 aerials won 3.1×
- 8 duels won 1.8×
- 3 duels lost 0.9×
- 1 failed dribble 2.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanja Drkusic | Defender | 24 | 54 |
| Unai Núñez | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Edu Expósito | Midfielder | 88 | 43 |
| Álex Calatrava | Midfielder | 66 | 41 |
| Javi Hernández | Midfielder | 75 | 39 |
| Roberto Fernández | Forward | 90 | 33 |
| Marko Dmitrovic | Goalkeeper | 90 | 32 |
| Tyrhys Dolan | Forward | 90 | 31 |
| Roger Hinojo | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Urko González de Zárate | Midfielder | 75 | 30 |
| Rafel Bauzà | Midfielder | 24 | 30 |
| Clemens Riedel | Defender | 66 | 24 |
| Omar El Hilali | Defender | 90 | 16 |
| Pere Milla | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Pol Lozano | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Jofre Carreras | Forward | 2 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Cucurella | Defender | 26 | 75 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 64 | 71 |
| Ibrahima Konaté ★ | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Federico Valverde | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 64 | 59 |
| Dean Huijsen | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Denzel Dumfries | Defender | 80 | 46 |
| Jude Bellingham | Midfielder | 80 | 46 |
| Yan Diomande | Forward | 26 | 43 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | 39 |
| Bernardo Silva | Midfielder | 80 | 36 |
| Carlos Espí | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | Defender | 10 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Real Madrid player won the most duels?
Vinicius Junior, with 12 duels won. Next: Ibrahima Konaté 8, Jude Bellingham 7.
Vinicius Junior led Real Madrid's competitive edge by winning 12 duels in the 1–2 victory. He clearly outperformed teammates Ibrahima Konaté on 8 and Jude Bellingham on 7.
Which Espanyol player won the most aerial duels?
Roberto Fernández, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Clemens Riedel 1, Unai Núñez 1.
Roberto Fernández provided an aerial outlet for Espanyol, winning 4 aerial duels in the 1–2 loss. He stood out in the air, with Clemens Riedel and Unai Núñez managing just 1 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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